Aurora-A transcriptional silencing and vincristine treatment show a synergistic effect in human tumor cells

Oncology Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 115-125

  Lentini, Laura ^a   Amato, Angela ^a   Schillaci, Tiziana ^a   Insalaco, Lavinia ^a   Di Leonardo, Aldo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b COBS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Aurora A STK15; Centrosome amplification; CIN

Indexed keywords

AURORA A KINASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; VINCRISTINE;

ANEUPLOIDY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CENTROSOME; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOSIS INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; RNA INTERFERENCE; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 47549104957     PISSN: 09650407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096504008785055521     Document Type: Article

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